Getting started on Thearender 3.0

MODELING

This tutorial shows modeling for photorealistic rendering

SETTING THE UNITS

UNIT

I start by setting the units in Sketchup in order to avoid that the modeling tools magnetize on a grid not adapted to the current modeling.

1. window menu
2. model information
3. choose “unit” on the left panel
4. choose the unit in the sketchup interface
5. uncheck the length anchor

IMPORTING COMPONENTS FROM THE 3DWAREHOUSE

Finding the right components in the 3Dwarehuse is sometimes tricky, we will come back to this in a future tutorial

TEXTURE WITH LAYOUT

Finding a texture that fits perfectly to our need is longer than making it. Here I show how to make a texture with the Layout software in Layout.

LIGHTS SETTING

In this tutorial I only deal with the sun setting in Sketchup.

POSITIONING A TEXTURE ON A CYLINDER

Adding lights and materials in Sketchup

PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING PROGRAMS

Photorealistic rendering programs add photons to 3D models

THE HARDWARE, WHICH COMPUTERS FOR PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING

The hardware used for photorealistic rendering with Thearender is very important because it allows to define the speed of production of an image

This tutorial will show you what Thearender looks like for SketchUp.